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| Frieze of Prophets, west, north, and east walls, installed 1895, oil on canvas (1999 photo) |
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Frieze of Prophets (continued)To communicate the modernity of the prophetic ideal, Sargent departed from his archaizing treatment of the ceiling and lunette. For the frieze he chose a naturalistic style similar to the one he used in his career as a portraitist. Consistent with the idea that modern religion is a matter of each person’s private, interior relation to the divine, Sargent shows each prophet reacting in a particular, individualized way to the inspiration received.
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